Laminar Flow (album)
Laminar Flow | ||||
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Studio album by Roy Orbison | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | February 1979 | |||
Genre | Disco, rock, pop | |||
Length | 34:20 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Producer | Clayton Ivey, Terry Woodford | |||
Roy Orbison chronology | ||||
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Laminar Flow is an album by the American musician Roy Orbison.[1] It was recorded at Wishbone Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and released in 1979 by Asylum Records. It was the last album of new material Orbison would release in his lifetime. His next studio effort, In Dreams, featured re-recordings of old Orbison hits while Mystery Girl and King of Hearts, his final collections of all-new material, were released posthumously. "Hound Dog Man" is a tribute to Elvis Presley.[2]
Critical reception
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Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[6] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that "Laminar Flow is a travesty: disco, fake disco and fake California rock form the backgrounds while poor Roy (who still sings well) flounders atop with absolutely no confidence."[7] The Los Angeles Times called it "a collection of easy-listening pop that shows the Orbison pipes to be in glorious form."[8]
Track listing
- Side One
- "Easy Way Out" – (Jim Valentini, Frank Saulino, Spady Brannan)
- "Love Is a Cold Wind" – (Charlie Black, Rory Bourke)
- "Lay It Down" – (Robert Byrne, Tommy Brasfield)
- "I Care" – (Lenny LeBlanc, Eddie Struzick)
- "We're Into Something Good" – (George Soulé, Terry Woodford)
- "Movin'" – (Roy Orbison, Chris Price)
- Side Two
- "Poor Baby" – (Roy Orbison, Chris Price, Regi Price)
- "Warm Spot Hot" – (Eddie Struzick)
- "Tears" – (Roy Orbison, Chris Price, Dan Price, Regi Price)
- "Friday Night" – (Regi Price, Chris Price)
- "Hound Dog Man" – (Barbara Orbison, Terry Woodford, Tommy Stuart)
Personnel
- Roy Orbison – vocals
- Larry Byrom, Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Bill Hinds, Robert Byrne, Tippy Armstrong – guitar
- Lenny LeBlanc – drums, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Bob Wray, Lonnie Ledford – bass guitar
- Clayton Ivey – keyboards
- Roger Clark – drums, synthesizer
- Mickey Buckins, Tom Roady – percussion
- Jim Horn – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
- Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
- Harrison Calloway – trumpet
- Charles Rose – trombone
- Barbara Wyrick, Chris Price, Eddie Struzick, Marie Tomlinson, Robert Byrne, Suzy Storm, Terry Woodford – backing vocals
References
- ^ Morse, Steve (11 Dec 1988). "Orbison on Preciously Few Records". The Boston Globe. p. B10.
- ^ Robins, Wayne (Dec 6, 2008). "Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 49. p. 35.
- ^ Laminar Flow at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 502.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ McGrath, Paul (28 July 1979). "Laminar Flow Roy Orbison". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
- ^ McKenna, Kristine (26 May 1979). "Caruso of Rock Ready to Rescale the Charts". Part II. Los Angeles Times. p. 10.
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- King of Hearts (1992)
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- Early Orbison (1964)
- The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970)
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- In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
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